Handle



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G. E. WALDEGK.

No. 24L098. Patented May 3,1881

w Wwf NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. WALDECK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,098, dated May 3,1881.

Application filed December 20, 1880. (No model.)

To all. whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. WALDECK, asubject ot' the Emperor ot' Germ any, residing in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, United States ot' America, have invented an Improvement inthe Manufacture ot' Pearl H andles, &c., of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of handles whichare ornamented with strips otl pearl-shell, the object of my inventionbeing to make in a simple manner a strong and permanent handle ot' thisclass.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, drawn to an enlargedscale and partly in section, showing the pieces of which the handleiscomposed, said pieces being detached from each other; Fig. 2, a sideview of' part of Fig. l, Fig. 3, a section on the line 1 2 of part ofthehandle; Fig. 4, an exterior view of the handle drawn to a reduced scale;Fig. 5, a view of a moditied form of handle, also drawn to a reducedscale; Fig. 6, another form ot' handle drawn to an enlarged scale, andpartly in section; and Fig. 7, a perspective View ot' a section ot' 'oneot the tubes composing the handle.

In Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, A represents the stem ot' the handle, securedto a door or drawer, B, the outer portion ot' this stem consisting ot' aring, a.

Strips b, ot pearl, reduced to wedge shape, as shown in Fig 7, aretitted and temporarily sccurcd together, and are then turned in a latheso as to form a tube, E, which in the present instance is ot' a taperingform, and which is reduced at the opposite ends, c andf. Two of thesetubes will in most cases be required in making a handle,the reduced endse ot the tubes being titted into the ring t of the stem, and a cap, F,being fitted to the reduced end fof each tube, a central rod, G, servingto secure the whole firmly together. This rod may be threaded at eachend and adapted to internally-threaded openings in the caps F; or therod may be riveted at each end, or may have ornamental nuts bearingagainst the caps; or it may have a head at one end and a nut on theother end. Indeed, it is immaterial how the rod is constructed,providing it serves to coniine the caps and tubes to the ring of thestem A, the completed handle presenting the appearance shown in Fig. 4,and the pearl portion having the highly-attractive iridescent appearancepeculiar to pearl-shell. Each tube E has, in the present instance, atubular core, 00,01 wood or cork; but this is not essential in carryingout my invention, nor is it necessary to reduce the tapering tubes ot'pearl-shell at the ends, as the small ends ot' the tubes may tit againsta shoulder in the ring a, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and thecaps F may overlap the tubes.

My improved handles may be used for carriage'doors or safe-doors, inwhich cases they will be combined with latchin g or lookin g mechanism.

My in vention may lalso be applied to handles of the character shown inFig. 5, in which case one tube only ot' pearl-shell will be required 5or the invention may be adopted in the manufacture ot' penduloushandles, as shown in Fig. 6, in which the ring a for receiving the endsot' the pearl-shell tubes forms part of an arm, H, which is pivoted to abracket, I, secured tothe front ot" a door or other object.

Handles for umbrellas, parasols, &c., may consist of .a central ring,opposite end caps, tubes, and a connecting-rod; or a single tube andconnecting-rod may be combined with two end caps, the central ring beingdispensed with.

I claim as my invention- A handle in which a ring, a., forming part of'the stem or arm of the handle, is combined with a tube or tubes composedot' strips ot pearl-shell, a cap or caps, F, and a connectingrod, G, allsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereotI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribin g witnesses.

GH. E. WALDEGK.

Witnesses:

J AMES F. ToBrN, HARRY SMITH.

